story: A famous building in New York City is turning 100 years old. A year-long celebration is planned for Grand Central Terminal, which is usually called Grand Central station, the sixth most-visited place in the world. The huge building has not changed much since it opened in February, 1913. About 750,000 people pass through Grand Central every day. Some just come to look at it, others to visit the stores. But most are there to catch the trains that enter and leave from the station. It is the largest train station in the world. There are 67 train tracks, all of them underground. The main part of the building has large, arched windows, a jeweled four-sided clock and ticket windows. Grand Central has been seen in many movies through the years. Dan Brucker is with the New York Transit Authority, which operates the station. Dan Brucker has worked for the transit authority at Grand Central for 30 years. In all those years, he has not lost his interest in the building. Justin Ferate, a historian, has been giving tours of Grand Central Station for 30 years. He says the station was designed to make travel a pleasure. "Why people don't run into each other in Grand Central is simple: each block of stone in Grand Central is the length of your leg. Each block of stone in Grand Central is the length of your arm. Each block of stone is a different color, so it's a checkerboard, based on you." A ten-year-long fight against plans to build a huge office building over Grand Central in 1968 helped create the modern preservation movement. Now, no one would think of changing the beauty of the station.
questions: When did Grand Central Terminal first open?
questions: What is it often called?
questions: What are some of the reasons people visit it?
questions: any other reasons?
questions: Is that why most people go there?
questions: Why do most people go there?
questions: Is it a large station?
questions: Is it a famous station?
questions: Has it been seen in many movies?
questions: Who runs the station?
questions: Can you take a tour of the station?
questions: Who gives tours?
questions: How long has he been doing this?
questions: What does he say about the site?
answers: February, 1913
answers:  February, 1913
answers: Grand Central station
answers: Grand Central station
answers: Some just come to look at it
answers: Some just come to look at it
answers: to visit the stores
answers: others to visit the stores
answers: no
answers: But most are there to catch the trains that enter and leave from the station.
answers: to catch the trains that enter and leave from the station
answers: But most are there to catch the trains that enter and leave from the station
answers: yes
answers: It is the largest train station in the world
answers: yes
answers: he sixth most-visited place in the world.
answers: yes
answers:  Grand Central has been seen in many movies through the years.
answers: New York Transit Authority
answers: New York Transit Authority, which operates the station.
answers: yes
answers: Justin Ferate, a historian, has been giving tours of Grand Central Station for 30 year
answers: Justin Ferate
answers: Justin Ferate
answers: 30 years
answers: Justin Ferate, a historian, has been giving tours of Grand Central Station for 30 year
answers: the station was designed to make travel a pleasure.
answers: He says the station was designed to make travel a pleasure.